Dixie,_Nicholas_County,_West_Virginia

Dixie, Nicholas County, West Virginia

Dixie, Nicholas County, West Virginia

Census-designated place in West Virginia, United States

Dixie is a census-designated place (CDP) in Fayette and Nicholas counties, West Virginia, United States. Dixie is located on West Virginia Route 16, 5.5 miles (8.9 km) north of Gauley Bridge. Dixie has a post office with ZIP code 25059.[4] As of the 2010 census, its population was 291, with 202 residents in Nicholas County and 89 in Fayette County.[2]

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The community was named after Dixie, a nickname for the Southern United States, because a share of the first settlers were southerners.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  2. [2]
    "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
  3. [3]
    U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Dixie, Nicholas County, West Virginia
  4. [4]
    ZIP Code Lookup Archived June 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  5. [5]
    Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 210.


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